Local Election Results 2008

Castell-nedd Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot

One Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association councillor and four Labour councillors were elected unopposed.

Bean = New Millennium Bean Party
NPTRA = Neath Port Talbot Ratepayers Association
SDP = Social Democratic Party

Other results for Neath Port Talbot:2004 2012 2017 2022
By-elections for Neath Port Talbot (may be incomplete): 2nd March 2006 (Baglan) — 6th May 2010 (Neath N.) — 14th October 2010 (Neath N.) — 6th December 2012 (Neath S.) — 17th October 2013 (Sandfields E.) — 30th October 2014 (Sandfields E.) — 7th May 2015 (Cwmllynfell) — 20th October 2016 (Blaengwrach) — 23rd November 2017 (Bryn-côch S.) — 16th August 2018 (Gwynfi) — 23rd May 2019 (Resolven) — 20th June 2019 (Pelenna) — 14th November 2019 (Rhos) — 6th May 2021 (Aberavon) — 15th February 2024 (Briton Ferry E.;Rhos) — 28th March 2024 (Neath E.) — 3rd April 2025 (Cwmllynfell & Ystalyfera) — 17th July 2025 (Baglan)

Map of the results —Export spreadsheet

Consolidated results — Neath Port Talbot 2008

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Labour	20160	44.9%	37
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	9119	20.3%	11
Independent	6072	13.5%	6
Neath Port Talbot Residents Association	5116	11.4%	3
Liberal Democrat	2230	5.0%	4
Social Democratic Party	1293	2.9%	3
Conservative	516	1.1%	0
New Millennium Bean Party	369	0.8%	0

Aberavon (3)

Tony Taylor	SDP	893	69.7%
Jeffrey Dinham	SDP	755
John Sullivan	SDP	730
Arthur Howells	Lab	389	30.3%
John Sparks	Lab	376
Barbara Trahar	Lab	331

Aberdulais

Doreen Jones	Lab	457	52.8%
Lindy Ware	PC	408	47.2%

Allt-wen

David Lewis	Lab	441	57.3%
Huw Evans	PC	328	42.7%

Baglan (3) [2 Lab gains from NPTRA]

Juliet Hopkins	Lab	unop.
Peter Richards	Lab	unop.
John Tallamy	NPTRA	unop.

Blaengwrach [Lab gain from PC]

Alf Siddley	Lab	432	53.2%
Carolyn Edwards	PC	380	46.8%

Briton Ferry East

Colin Morgan	Lab	558	67.7%
Anthony Vallario	C	266	32.3%

Briton Ferry West

Hugh James	Lab	698	85.7%
Dick Riddle	C	116	14.3%

Bryn and Cwmavon (3)

Ivor Williams	Lab	1162	41.7%
Marian Lewis	Lab	993
Brin Roblin	Ind	959	34.4%
Allan Bevan	Ind	888
Allan Jones	Lab	796
Dave Shepherd	NPTRA	664	23.8%

Bryn-côch North

John Bryant	PC	560	57.0%
Dick Mathews	Lab	422	43.0%

Bryn-côch South (2)

Janice Dudley	PC	1024	55.5%
Tony Wyn-Jones	PC	841
Mike Richards	Lab	820	44.5%
Cheryl Thomas	Lab	660

Cadoxton [LD gain from Lab]

Frank Little	LD	343	57.7%
Maureen Funning	Lab	251	42.3%

Cimla (2) [1 LD gain from Lab]

John Warman	LD	1017	71.8%
Desmond Sparkes	LD	614
Brian Warlow	Lab	400	28.2%
Stephen Williams	Lab	350

Coedffranc Central (2) [1 Ind gain from Lab]

Arthur Davies	Lab	531	36.4%
Betsan Richards	Ind	419	28.7%
Paula Bebell	Lab	272
Alyson Thomas	PC	270	18.5%
Lee Saunders	NPTRA	238	16.3%
Jen Davies	PC	205

Coedffranc North

Keith Davies	LD	517	69.1%
Janet Jones	Ind	231	30.9%

Coedffranc West

Hary Bebell	Lab	419	53.1%
Robert Hay	Ind	236	29.9%
Sarah Baker	C	134	17.0%

Crynant

William Morgan	PC	494	61.8%
Peter Richards	Lab	305	38.2%

Cwmllynfell

Eirion Richards	Lab	unop.

Cymmer [Lab gain from NPTRA]

Scott Jones	Lab	594	56.2%
David Williams	NPTRA	463	43.8%

Dyffryn

Martyn Peters	PC	958	76.0%
Stephen Absalom	Ind	302	24.0%

Glyncorrwg

Glyn Rawlings	Lab	312	62.5%
Lindsay Milsom	NPTRA	187	37.5%

Glynneath (2)

Del Morgan	PC	740	55.5%
Horace Lewis	PC	668
Eifion Jenkins	Lab	594	44.5%
Eddie Jones	Lab	495

Godre'r graig [PC gain from Lab]

Rosalyn Davies	PC	273	50.4%
Jack Myers	Lab	269	49.6%

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Lynda Williams	Lab	550	64.1%
Gerald James	PC	308	35.9%

Gwynfi

Jane Jones	Ind	390	57.5%
Colin Day	Lab	288	42.5%

Lower Brynamman

Arwyn Woolcock	Lab	unop.

Margam [Lab gain from NPTRA]

Stan Mason	Lab	544	53.1%
Leslie Davies	NPTRA	480	46.9%

Neath East (3)

Sheila Penry	Lab	798	53.4%
John Miller	Lab	718
Sandra Miller	Lab	718
Philippa Edwards	PC	696	46.6%
Breandan MacCathail	PC	654

Neath North (2)

Derek Vaughan	Lab	995	62.5%
Emmanuel Loaring	Lab	788
Tony Phillips	Ind	596	37.5%

Neath South (2)

Peter Rees	Lab	700	59.9%
Mal Gunter	Lab	663
John Williams	NPTRA	469	40.1%
David Howells	NPTRA	441

Onllwyn

Alun Thomas	Lab	341	67.3%
Marion Morgan	PC	166	32.7%

Pelenna

Lance Whiteley	Lab	279	62.1%
Annette Sparkes	LD	170	37.9%

Pontardawe (2)

Mike James	Lab	819	53.3%
Linet Purcell	PC	718	46.7%
Bob Williams	PC	705
Tina Lambourne	Lab	666

Port Talbot (3) [1 Lab gain from NPTRA]

Andrew Tutton	NPTRA	805	53.0%
Dennis Keogh	NPTRA	762
Ian James	Lab	715	47.0%
Dawn Sawyers	Lab	704
Scott Sullivan	NPTRA	689
Christopher Mainwaring	Lab	681

Resolven

Des Davies	Lab	611	56.6%
David Jones	PC	469	43.4%

Rhos [PC gain from Lab]

Marcia Spooner	PC	578	62.6%
Paul Thomas	Lab	346	37.4%

Sandfields East (3)

Lella James	Ind	1251	40.9%
Collin Crowley	Lab	921	30.1%
Ted Latham	Lab	912
Pat Jones	Lab	609
Clive Davies	NPTRA	520	17.0%
Brian Morris	NPTRA	472
Captain Beany	Bean	369	12.1%

Sandfields West (3)

Olga Jones	Lab	964	46.8%
Pam Thomas	Lab	904
Len Willis	Lab	790
Ollie Davies	NPTRA	696	33.8%
Wayne Hughes	NPTRA	653
Dean Williams	NPTRA	441
Wayne Morris	SDP	400	19.4%

Seven Sisters [Ind gain from Lab]

Stephen Hunt	Ind	599	62.3%
Peter Lloyd	Lab	362	37.7%

Tai-bach (2) [1 Lab gain from NPTRA]

John Rogers	Lab	1040	49.4%
Anthony Taylor	Lab	699
Aneurin Lewis	NPTRA	594	28.2%
John Hughes	Ind	473	22.4%
Erica Tutton	NPTRA	332

Tonna

Bill Walters	Ind	616	76.4%
Kelvin George	Lab	190	23.6%

Trebanos

Andrea Davies	Lab	255	58.2%
Sheila Waye	LD	183	41.8%

Ystalyfera

Alun Llewelyn	PC	749	65.9%
Noir James	Lab	388	34.1%

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